Malnutrition has been a major problem in India for a long time, particularly in rural areas. A number of new comprehensive programmes have been implemented to address this issue from time to time across the nation. Despite the multiple attempts, the problem of malnutrition has not been resolved to the desired level and continues to exist..Aim of the study : To assess the prevalence of various nutritional problems among children of 0-5 years, and Facilitate village-based planning strategy to address the issue of malnutrition, Methodology: An experimental epidemiological study pre- and post-intervention assessment with a control group, adopted community trial approach. Children aged 0-5 years from selected villages fulfilling the study selection criteria were included. Results: At the end of study period, the overall prevalence of malnutrition in study and control groups were45.14% and 70% respectively. In the study group subjects, the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting reduced to 26.54%, 46.91% and 16.43%, respectively whereas in the control group the corresponding prevalence remained at 35.95%, 36.68% and 23.55% respectively .The size of the impact of village-based strategy was found to be 26.41% in the study group over the control group subjects, which was more than the pre decided level of success of 15%. Conclusion: In order to sustain the benefits over a longer period of time and get the interventions mainstreamed in the community it is necessary to keep up the interest and motivation of village based committees through constant follow up along with grass root level health care workers.